I see everything and I see nothing (Je vois tout et je ne vois rien), with hidden silhouettes of the French royal family

Various artists/makers

1796

Not on view

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Title: I see everything and I see nothing (Je vois tout et je ne vois rien), with hidden silhouettes of the French royal family
Artist: D. Martin (American, active New York, 1796)
Subject: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (French (born Austria), Vienna 1755–1792 Paris)
Subject: Louis XVI, King of France (French, Versailles 1754–1793 Paris)
Subject: Louis XVII (French, Versailles 1785–1795 Paris)
Subject: Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France (French, Versailles 1778–1851 Lanzenkirchen)
Date: 1796
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (14 × 12 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (19.2 × 17 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Object Number: 26.28.632
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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